[ad_1]
victim struck the ruins of his hollow brick wall house.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PADANG – The earthquake that shook western Sumatra on Saturday afternoon (21/7) was found to cause casualties. Shocks from a magnitude 5.4 earthquake (SR) centered 15 kilometers (km) southwest of the city of Solok destroyed the walls of Bustami Buyuang's home (63 years old). As a result, the villagers of Rawang village Jorong Selasih Lubuak, Nagari Batang Barus, Gunung Talang sub-district, Solok district, were reported dead
Wali Nagari Barang Batang Syamsul Azwar explained that the victims were crushed by the wall of his house. ] taking a nap. Bustami's house was reportedly severely damaged. "Now the victim is evacuated to Arosuka hospital," said Syamsul on Saturday (21/7).
He added that local people had tried to help but that Bustami's life had not been helped. So far, the local government has not yet established the number of homes damaged by the earthquake this afternoon
Read: 5.5 SR Earthquake rocked Padang, Wasted Residents
This shallow tectonic earthquake felt strongly in the city of Padang, West Sumatra. Visitors to the Plaza Andalas shopping center, for example, were running after the rescue themselves shortly after the earthquake. Jen (29 years old), a resident of Muaro Bungo, Jambi Province also admitted to having felt the vibration of the earthquake
Minangkabau Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) released, this afternoon earthquake in due to the Sumatra Sumatra Foul Zone Sumani. The results of the badysis of the source mechanism, he continued, show that the earthquake is generated by the deformation of the rock by the movement mechanism of the type Strike Slip
Impact of the earthquake based on Shakemap BMKG indicates that shocks are felt among others in the city of Padang and Painan on the I-II scale of earthquake intensity scale or MMI II-V level. According to community reports, this earthquake was felt in Gunungtalang at level II GMI BMI (MMI V), Padang II SIG BMKG (III-IV MMI), Bukittinggi II SIG BMKG (III MMI), Padang Panjang and Padang Pariaman I-II BMKG SIG (II-III MMI), and Sawahlunto I BMKG SIG (II MMI).
[ad_2]
Source link
